About Us

July 2009 saw the first birthday of Green Fortune, who formed due to a chance meeting at a fete in the Derbyshire village of Overseal. Mark Knight (Mandolin/Mandola/Guitar & Vocals) and Julian Hackett (Bass) were old school friends who hadn’t seen each other for nearly 20 years but happened to bump into each other at the fete. The subject of music cropped up, and after a few phone calls a date was set for the first musical meeting. (we won’t call it a rehearsal)

Mark had played successfully with punk bands in the 1980′s along with the likes of Bruno Gallone (www.forever-england.com), whilst Julian played for over 20yrs with Brass Bands before putting down the tuba and picking up the bass guitar to join local groups Luke 15 and classic rock covers band 12 Storey Crisis (www.myspace/12storeycrisis.com)

The pair began writing songs (well mostly Mark) and the need soon arose to add other members to the group. Enter Kay (Marks wife), Sarah Devine and Ian “Scud” Stevens.  Sarah and Ian were, and still are, friends of Mark and Kay.  Sarah joined as lead vocalist and Ian brought his percussion skills to the mix whilst Kay added her talent in playing the penny whistle along with her vocal and percussion skills.
With the new members added the band decided to invest in a PA system and the decision was made to move to a rehearsal room near the Heart of the National Forest in Moira, Leicestershire.

Live performances soon followed and there’s a real buzz around whenever Green Fortune play.